FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 24, 2010
Meadowlands Conservation Trust Breaks Ground on Major Wetlands Enhancement Project
235 Acre Project Benefits Mass Transit and Environment
LYNDHURST, N.J – The Meadowlands Conservation Trust and EarthMark Mitigation Services broke ground today on a major initiative to restore and enhance 235 acres of environmentally sensitive wetlands in Carlstadt and South Hackensack. keep reading →
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“I believe nothing is more important than protecting land.” Dr. George Reskakis, 2010 George Reskakis is a Meadowlands Conservation Trust volunteer, Chairman of the Parks, Playground and Recreational Advisory Board in Teaneck and Trustee of the Teaneck Creek Conservancy which raised over a million dollars in public and private funds to convert 46 acres of [...]
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“The best work is done by people who do things from the heart and for a higher purpose…” Dee Ann Ipp, 2010 I am Dee Ann Ipp. I am a retired Registered Nurse specializing in Neonatal Intensive Care. I am also qualified as an appraiser of art and antiques. Because of my background in these [...]
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Karen and Bruce Riede are residents of Ridgefield, NJ. Bruce is a retired chemical engineer who worked at Unilever for 31 years. During the last ten years of his employment, he was manager of Safety and Health. Currently, he is an EMT serving in his 39th year with the Ridgefield Ambulance Corps. Karen worked as [...]
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Tree Swallows nest at Skeetkill Creek Marsh Park every spring. In order, to accommodate them, MCT is seeking donated bird boxes or a group/s that are willing to make the boxes as a community service project.
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During this Spring’s clean-up at Skeetkill Creek Marsh Park, staff and volunteers removed trash and fixed a fence. But it was the unexpected presence of garter snakes that made the day memorable.
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Winter solstice will take place at 12:47 pm EST on Dec. 21. It is a date that will also mark the shortest day and longest night. Starting Tuesday, the days will start getting longer, leading to summer solstice, which in 2010 will fall on June 21. This photo was taken December 2009 at the Meadowlands [...]
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When the Meadowlands Conservation Trust Act was signed into law 10 years ago, perhaps THE issue in the Meadowlands was the proposal by the Mills Corporation to build a mall, with office towers and a 1,000-room hotel, on part of a 592-acre tract in Carlstadt. While the mall is moving forward as Xanadu, the property [...]
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Earlier this autumn, 48 New Jersey trail projects received a total of $833,109 in funding from the Federal Highway Administration’s Recreational Trails Program. The Meadowlands Conservation Trust received a federal recreational trail grant for the Richard P. Kane Natural Area. Here’s the NJDEP press release…
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